Looked this one up... suite upgrade is supposed to be used by the member only and is not transferable, as those upgrades do require that the person who ‘owns’ the upgrade be staying on-property.

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That's only half right.
Although the T&C's might say that. As so often in practice, what actually occurs is a little different.

in practice when the account holder ( award owner ) books using the suite upgrade, the system will advance the benefit. So the benefit is enjoyed by whoever stays on the booking, whether it' the 'owner' of the upgrade or not.

Valuation of this upgrade experience is an interesting exercise, where the differential between a regular room and a suite can be many $$$
I also have a pair, mine expire next year.

I jhave just redeemed two yesterday, for 4 nights stay in HR Warsaw and 4 nights stay in HR Osaka... in both cases got Regency Suite King... we will see... no upgrade was availabe at HR Vancouver though... but as I read here at MP, this one is not worth it ...

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